Nigerian actress Temitope Agoro looks on as she gets ready backstage ahead of a performance of Medaaye, a play by Nigerian writer Femi Osofisan, at the Wole Soyinka Theatre at the University of Ibadan.
The actors, seasoned veterans as well as young amateurs, go through their lines and movements one last time before the curtain rises at the Wole Soyinka Theatre at the University of Ibadan, in southwest Nigeria.
Adebayo Israel was always passionate about theatre "but this is where I gained my confidence on stage", the 21-year-old student said, warming up his voice ahead of that night's production of "Medaaye".
Israel is the latest in a long line of actors to make their way through the theatre, which has become something of a proving ground for talent in the west African country.
Named after former University of Ibadan student Wole Soyinka, the first African to be awarded the Nobel prize in literature, the theatre continues to pump out talent seven decades after its 1955 founding, drawing audiences from across the country and the continent.
